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Do you still play the Monopoly board game?

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 23 Apr

Monopoly board game is a great game, it helps me learn some things about property business. Looking at those beautiful street names and using paper money to buy and then sell . I enjoyed playing the game with my friends and we...

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Mc'Donalds Blast from the past!

Baconstripsxxx @BACONSTRIPSXXX (18025) • Torrington, Connecticut 15 Oct

Do any of ya'll remember when McDonalds had the famous monopoly game? Well its back and I'm hoping it isn't a scam as I only need two more properties to win big! I remember back in the 90's when this game had a million dollar...

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Life is Not a Game of Monopoly

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 8 Jul

Boy, that's a fun game, isn't it? Who didn't like playing Monopoly? You could pretend to be a tycoon, a real estate genius, and become filthy rich in the process. Only, everyone knew it was just a game. It was pretend. Make...

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How Some Popular Games Came Into Being

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 11 Oct 24

In 1900 Elizabeth Magie designed a game that would later inspire Monopoly. The Landlord's Game was her version and was a critique on such monopolists as Carnegie and Rockefeller. The game Monopoly is now seen as a celebration of...

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In India there is no accountability of the railways.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 7 Jun 23

The Indian railways is a monopoly in the world of rail transport. It is a Central Government run organization. But there is no accountability. Recently there has been dangerous accident in Coromondal Express which claimed the...

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Monopoly: A Board Game that Needs to Buy Soon

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 16 Oct 20

I noticed that my 4th grader's niece doesn't know the use of money. In fact, she never had money on her hands or in her pockets. My family and I don't want her to be exposed to it. Now, it's time for her to learn how to use it....

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I think he is cheating at Monopoly .....

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 1 Apr 20

I have played Monopoly since I was a child ….and although I have not played for several years now, I thought it was like riding a bike ...well...not exactly the same obviously !!! Rod, however, told me that he had never played...

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Capitolism At It's Finest

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 24 Feb 20

The case in point is Amazon. I watched a documentary on PBS about the rise of Amazon. We are talking $$billions$$ of dollars in deals to take over companies and become the biggest in the marketplace. They are even storing data for...

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What if there was no oil at all??

robert linu @roblinu (174) 30 Jan 20

Big and giant mining and exploration companies are everywhere as long as 'black gold' if found to be present somewhere. Imagine if the was no 'Mr.black gold', may be monopoly would only be company's slogan or may be a slang And...

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Game night number 1 was thanksgiving day

Lissette Cruz @acrogodess (992) • Aberdeen, North Carolina 25 Nov 17

Thanksgiving day I woke up at 630am and started cooking. After we ate our meal, we spent the day playing games and listening to music. First we played Uno which is a card game. Next we played Monopoly, a classic board game. I won....

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The walking dead monopoly

Shadi @Madshadi (8840) • Brussels, Belgium 24 Nov 17

One of the coolest things I came across while looking for some Black Friday deals is this TWD monopoly. At first I thought it’s just themed but then as I watched a video, I found out that the entire game is based on the walking...

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Water Crisis in Venezuela? Another Reason to Move to Mars?

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 20 Oct 17

It's not a secret that Venezuela is having "difficulties". Incredible how a situation in a country can go from delightful to disastrous and it only takes one wrong move to do it. That wrong move I dare say, even though the man...

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Diary Friday 9th June 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Jun 17

I stayed up all night watching the live UK general Election results coverage, thrilled to see good seat taking by the Labour Party, but with Tory gains in Scotland it was not quite enough. Britain is now trapped under a hung...

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Shop, Play, Win! Monopoly. Are you playing Monopoly?

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94909) • United States 28 Apr 17

My fiancé & I stopped by Vons/Safeway before picking up our lunch and we walked out with a handful of Monopoly pieces! I went home and counted - he gave us 38 pieces and told me to enjoy! I thought that was very...

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30 to go. The joy of playing.

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 30 Mar 17

For the first months of the year, I sort of had an unsaid race with Patsie about earnings.(did I ever tell you I was a gambler?) Luckily, she is way ahead of me this month. She needs the month a lot more than I do....

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Free Flour

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 27 Mar 17

I use a lot of flour, so was very happy last night when I won a free bag of flour. The reason I ended up with this coupon is the person in front of me at the grocery store was so nice that he gave me all of his Monopoly Pieces...

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Buy or Be Bought

hereandthere @hereandthere (45628) • Philippines 21 Mar 17

I try to support smaller drugstores, department stores, and supermarket chains. I knew that SM Savemore Supermarket already bought into Waltermart back in 2013 (50:50 partnership per online articles), but I was dismayed to find...

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I Lose Every Single Time!!

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 1 Jan 17

WE have been playing Monopoly for the last few nights. Hubby asked for it for Christmas and I should have known better. He used to play it as a teenager and must have learned a few tricks! I lose every single time. I should...

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Fun Board Games

Miss Nikki @MissNikki (5234) • Maple Ridge, British Columbia 15 Sep 16

I remember when I was growing up and even in some of my early adult years enjoying playing board games. I particularly liked playing the games of Life, Monopoly, and Scrabble. When I was really young I liked playing Sorry and...

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Board Games!

lealuvy2j @lealuvy2j (1986) • Philippines 9 Sep 16

Yesterday, we went to a restaurant who at the same time has lots of board games in it. Initially, I was hesitant to go there since I just want to eat but surprisingly, playing the board games with my friends was actually fun. I...

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